†Skinnerhyus shermerorum Prothero and Pollen 2013 (peccary)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combination: Skynnerhyus shermerorum
Full reference: D. R. Prothero and A. Pollen. 2013. New Late Miocene Fossil Peccaries From California and Nebraska. Kirtlandia 58:42-53
Belongs to Skinnerhyus according to D. R. Prothero 2021
See also Dutra et al. 2017 and Prothero and Pollen 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: F:AM 113317, a skull. Its type locality is Machaerodus Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: Nebraska collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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